Cheilosia (Cheilosia) ruralis (Meigen, 1822)

Khaganinia, S. & Kazerani, F., 2014, A Review Of The Genus Cheilosia (Diptera, Syrphidae) From Iran, Vestnik Zoologii 48 (5), pp. 401-410 : 407

Cheilosia (Cheilosia) ruralis (Meigen, 1822) ( fig. 3 , d–f)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Iran: East Azarbaijan Province, Horand , 38°55.985´N, 47°18.034´E, 1288 m , 01.07.2010, 2 ♀ (S. Khaghaninia).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. From Fennoscandia southwards to Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean region (including Crete); from Britain eastwards through Central and Southern Europe to the Balkans and Turkey; Northern Africa; Iran ( Gilasian, 2005).

D i a g n o s t i c c h a r a c t e r s. Eye with short white hairs in dorsal half; face without distinct hairs ( fig. 3 , e) (microtrichia not taken into account); parafacial without pruinosity, lustrous; mesoscutum with short hairs; femora entirely yellow in female; All tibiae with more or less wide black ring; at least first and second segments of mid tarsus or bases of tibiae yellow ( fig. 3 , f); posterior margin of scutellum with hairs, without strong black or yellow bristles; abdomen with recumbent hairs medially ( fig. 3 , d).

Figures

Fig. 3. Cheilosia rufipes (a–c): a — dorsal view of female, b — frontal view of head of female, c — male genitalia; C. aruralis, female (d–f): d — dorsal view, e — frontal view of head, f — lateral view; Cheilosia scutellata male (g–i): g — lateral view, h — frontal view of head, i — genitalia.